Please tell me why I DON'T need a 25mm lens

[Spyderman]

please help me fight this terrible GAS attack,

I have 35, 50, 85 lenses and have lived happily until now, but I have a chance to buy a CV 25mm and I can't resist... 😉

I know I don't use this focal length that much. On RF as well as SLR I tend to use 35 the most. Only when I can't back off any further I use 28mm and I feel like I'm using an ultra-wide.

It seems I don't need it at all, but then ... it's attracting me so much :bang:

So, any suggestions why I DON'T need the lens? 😉

 

[mike_j]

Nope - I'm fighting the same compulsion. Even left a bid on ebay but was outbit narrowly.

Arguments against - not used that often, needs separate viewfinder, more gear to carry.
Arguments for: I want one!!!!

Actually one thing holding me back is that the 21mm might be a better step from the 35mm which I already have.

 

[David Murphy]

I'm sorry to inform you: You do need one. The non-rangefinder coupled 25mm's sold by CV were superb and inexpensive (as far as RF lenses go). I own one and love it. They are actually a bargain. Get the matching finder if you can -- not actually essential, but useful!

 

[rover]

So, any suggestions why I DON'T need the lens?

Sorry, no suggestions why you Don't need the lens.

 

[lubitel]

you dont need it. you already have a cv35 and J-12.

as we all know - two wide angle lenses are wider than one,
(focal length / # of lenses + 5mm) so 35/2+5 = 22.5mm

ahhh... forget it and buy it, if you can.

 

[rover]

you dont need it. you already have a cv35 and J-12.

as we all know - two wide angle lenses are wider than one,
(focal length / # of lenses + 5mm) so 35/2+5 = 22.5mm

ahhh... forget it and buy it, if you can.

You must be an actuary. :angel:

 

[Spyderman]

:bang: :bang: :bang:

I can have it for a good price with the finder. It's almost unused and like new.

The good price I'm talking about is about €180. But I need to get my car repaired and this lens would just eat all my money. :bang: And I'd have to find me a job... 😡

And I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't... 😀

 

[rover]

But I need to get my car repaired and this lens would just eat all my money. And I'd have to find me a job...

Well, then don't look back. Priorities are priorities, I always think when I see something that I "must have" that I will see it again sometime in the future. Ebay has proven me right every time so far.

 

[Spyderman]

This is not ebay... this is my friend selling it. I can put my hands on it before buying... that's the most tempting thing about it all... no shipping, money transfers. And I know it's like new 🙁 :bang: 😕 Why me, oh why...

 

[rover]

Then tell him to sell it to someone far away so you don't have to see it all the time and think "Only if."

 

[Magus]

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[lubitel]

seriously, though,

who needs such wide angles! anything wider than 35mm is an overkill!

 

[zuikomatt]

Ondrej,

I would like to support you - but I don't know which way😱

 

[IGMeanwell]

Aren't people who desire super wide angles just hedonists? 😉

 

[Magus]

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[RML]

You don't need this lens because though you can have it, you don't need it. Some self-control goes a long way.

 

[Magus]

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[rbiemer]

Two thoughts about this, Spyderman.
1: you don't need this lens because you really need a 21mm.
and
2: someone here at RFF may need a 25mm lens...
Rob

 

[oscroft]

The only reason I can think of for not needing a 25mm lens is if you've already got one 😉

 

[blacklight]

Pozri, ked ho nechces ty, zoberiem ho ja 🙂

Sorry, couldn't resist to speak Slovak 🙂